<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Romanian Orthodox Church is one of the institutions in which Romanians have great confidence, according to surveys conducted in the country and studies conducted at the level of the European Union in recent years. The results of these researches do not reflect the attitude of young Romanians towards the church. Theoretically coded analysis of 23 essays by sociologist students on their trust or lack of trust in Orthodox Christianity highlights the students' reserve for priests' behavior, communication strategies, financial interests, and their inclination towards opulence. The analysis also highlights the students' tendency to operate with a far wider understanding of things than the canonical concept of Christianity. This tendency, manifests mainly in the declarative separation of faith from church attendance, shows the alignment of students to the post-secular evolutionary direction of European religiosity</p></abstract>

The Romanian Orthodox Church is one of the institutions in which Romanians have great confidence, according to surveys conducted in the country and studies conducted at the level of the European Union in recent years. The results of these researches do not reflect the attitude of young Romanians towards the church. Theoretically coded analysis of 23 essays by sociologist students on their trust or lack of trust in Orthodox Christianity highlights the students' reserve for priests' behavior, communication strategies, financial interests, and their inclination towards opulence. The analysis also highlights the students' tendency to operate with a far wider understanding of things than the canonical concept of Christianity. This tendency, manifests mainly in the declarative separation of faith from church attendance, shows the alignment of students to the post-secular evolutionary direction of European religiosity

The Way Romanian Students Refer Themselves to Orthodox Christianity

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The Romanian Orthodox Church is one of the institutions in which Romanians have great confidence, according to surveys conducted in the country and studies...

The Way Romanian Students Refer Themselves to Orthodox Christianity

Publicado en línea: 26 jul 2018

Páginas: 400 - 405

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2018-0122

Palabras clave
religiosity, students, Orthodoxy, faith

© 2018 Daniela Sorea, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Way Romanian Students Refer Themselves to Orthodox Christianity

Publicado en línea: 26 jul 2018

Páginas: 400 - 405

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2018-0122

Palabras clavereligiosity, students, Orthodoxy, faith

© 2018 Daniela Sorea, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
religiosity, students, Orthodoxy, faith